| allblue said: No he is right. Japan game developers need to innovate and in the right direction. At least I'm glad there's someone like him who's aware of what's the situation is like. No matter how one might argue its an indisputable fact that the west is where the market is this generation. Except demon's souls/valkyria chronicles (and very few others) I have yet to see a new ground breaking japanese IP that passes the 9.0 barrier this gen - especially in the rpg department. You can argue all you like about how tales games are the underated gems and that the jdevelopers need not to make appeal to wider audience but at the end of the day money is what matters. I still have hope in jgame industry hopefully someone will truly see the light and lead others in the Right direction and by that I don't mean resorting to steroid freak macho main characters and leaving other aspects of the game in dim light. |
I agree to an extent, the major JP stuidos like Square, Konami and Capcom havent had the same critical or commerical success as they have in the past. however having platinumed both Bayonetta and God of War 3, i think that the smaller JP developers have had gems that far exceed those of their western counterparts. i think Vanquish will follow suit. its just for whatever reason they havent achieved the same commerical success as western blockbusters.
in fact i think a lot of the western games are heavily overratted, ie GTA4 or MW2. i think he has a point though, but its just the big developers that have these problems not the smaller ones. in fact i think its the western developers who need to get their act together, i get fed up of the generic shoorter or the uninnovative action game (Dante's Inferno).
